Health

No return date yet for wildfire evacuees from Shoal Lake & Red Earth

Evacuees from Red Earth Cree Nation and Shoal Lake Cree Nation will be away from their homes for a little while longer.Hundreds of members have been staying in Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Nipawin, and o...

Oct 15, 2021

COVID boosters coming for those 65+, rapid tests to be distributed next week

A third COVID-19 shot in the arm will soon be available for those 65 and older in Saskatchewan, according to chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab.During a news conference Friday, Shahab expla...

Oct 15, 2021

Province adds to Public Health Order requiring proof of vaccination in more venues

The Government of Saskatchewan has made a change to the existing Public Health Order adding venues that will require proof of vaccination or a negative test.According to a media release, you will need...

Oct 15, 2021

Flu shots urged to protect healthcare system

Saskatchewan residents are being reminded to roll up their sleeves and get their flu vaccines.Dr. Tania Diener, a medical health officer for the Saskatchewan Health Authority, urged people to get the ...

Oct 15, 2021

Sask. vaccination rates ‘skewed’ by former residents inoculated elsewhere, Merriman says

Health Minister Paul Merriman believes the province's vaccination rates are being underestimated because of Saskatchewan expatriates who have been inoculated against COVID-19 elsewhere."We have a whol...

Oct 14, 2021

What to do when children become close contacts with COVID

Positive COVID-19 cases have popped up across all three Melfort elementary schools and across daycares over the past few weeks.This is leaving some parents with school-aged children with questions as ...

Lisa Brady Oct 13, 2021

Sask. Health Authority preparing for patient transfers, triage

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is preparing for the COVID-19 situation to get worse. and the provincial government have been in early talks with the Government of Ontario about the possibilit...

Oct 13, 2021

Child vaccinations coming, rapid test kits being prepared for distribution: province provides COVID-19 update

Parents should be ready to get their kids between the ages of five and 11 vaccinated by November, Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer said Wednesday.Saskatchewan residents heard from the provi...

Oct 13, 2021

425 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, four deaths

The Government of Saskatchewan is reporting 425 new cases of COVID-19 in the province, bringing the total to 72,458 reported cases.The new cases in northern Saskatchewan are located in the Far North W...

Oct 11, 2021

VIDO InterVac working on two-pronged approach for its COVID vaccine

At a time when COVID-19 vaccines are plentiful in Canada, there are some countries in the world that still barely have any.Volker Gerdts, the director and CEO of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Org...

Oct 11, 2021